The indictment of 13 Russians for interfering with the Presidential election has intensified the pressure put on Facebook, which uncovered about three-thousand Russian-linked ads on its platforms before and after November 2016. Cheddar Senior Reporter, Alex Heath, breaks down the the latest developments.
Facebook's Vice President for ads, Rob Goldman, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. Facebook did not intend for Goldman’s tweets to be quoted by Trump. They thought the tweets would only be seen by a contextually-aware audience of techies and media types who follow Goldman.
Heath believes that the tweeting from Goldman and other execs is part of a carefully orchestrated PR campaign by Facebook to make itself appear more transparent and relate-able through engaged spokespeople on Twitter.
The home speaker company makes its debut on the Nasdaq Thursday, but with plenty of competition and what's largely considered to be just one true productーnot to mention the threat of a trade warーSonos faces plenty of challenges in its IPO.
Facebook announced this week it removed 32 pages and accounts suspected of midterm election tampering. But New York Times reporter Kevin Roose tells Cheddar there's still not a lot of information about who's behind the meddling.
Walmart's tech incubator, Store No. 8, is entering the virtual- reality market. Katie Finnegan, CEO and co-founder of virtual reality start-up Spatialand and founding principal of Store No. 8, discussed the future of VR shopping on Cheddar Wednesday.
Apple seems to have avoided the fate that sent many tech stocks plunging last week, with its earnings report sending shares to all-time highs and bringing the company oh-so-close to the $1 trillion mark. Mike Murphy, Quartz Reporter, tells Cheddar how the company will eliminate lingering fears of a slowdown on iPhone sales.
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The tech giant's pricier iPhones and growing services business helped it to beat earnings expectations for the latest quarter, sending shares up on Wednesday. If the stock hits $203.46, it'll become the first $1 trillion market cap company in the U.S.
Sara Hsu, Associate Professor of Economics at SUNY-New Paltz, knows the trade war will affect tech companies in both the United States and China, but it's Chinese firms like Alibaba and Tencent that will be most hit.
The website for spirits enthusiasts wants to be the premier source for all things booze, and since company's founding in 2014, it has advised millennials on what and where to drink, as well as how to mix the latest concoctions. CEO Adam Teeter discusses his plans.
Apple shares rose after-market after the company posted better than expected earnings and revenue for its latest quarter. The company sold fewer of its flagship iPhones but at a higher price, helping revenues top $53 billion. Sales from its services business, which includes its App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud rose 31 percent to $9.5 billion.
After losing $136 billion in market cap in less than a week, Facebook could look to its Instagram Stories platform to boost its slowing ad sales growth and improve its outlook, says Madison Malone Kircher, an associate editor at New York Magazine.
